Citrus plants are at the most particularly hard to look after, but some important hints can help some of these problems. Recently I had the need to rectify some particularly bad citrus and bone up at what was going on. At first I couldn’t quite grasp why these plants were doing so poorly. The fruit[…]
Given the current spell of dry weather no doubt many of you will be turning on your taps and hoses to do some watering. Many of you will have some issues with water leaking, once you turn on a tap from various different points. Sometimes it just the 1 leak, sometimes it’s many. After all,[…]
It’s that cooler time of year in our mild sub tropical zone. The plants are not growing so fast any more, and don’t need as much water. So it’s the perfect time for transplanting those plants you want to move around the garden. Firstly, it’s important important to mention that not all plants will transplant.[…]
I’m writing this post in response to the disaster that I have started seeing in the last few years. The culprit is called Cycad Blue Butterfly. It never used to be like this but in the last few years it has gone to a problem that can’t been ignored. This is a problem for me[…]
Philodendron Xanadu are quite an attractive plant when you see them in their pots. When you put them in the ground and let them grow, they start to look and act quite a bit different. It’s then that we have to maintain them to look as attractive as they did in the pot. Philodendron Xanadu[…]
Grafted fruit trees are made by attaching a rootstock that can tolerate your local soil and its conditions, to a compatible fruit tree that is a proven good performing fruit tree. The reason is that from seed your plant can either have root problems leading to death or poor performance, and also from seed there[…]
It’s good to see some rain again. Normal watering hasn’t been getting through with the recent dry weather, but right now, it will get in while it’s still reasonably damp from last weekends rains. Lawns always go backwards in dry weather like this. Watering doesn’t get in properly, and leaves the lawn to create bare[…]
It’s very dry at the moment in case you didn’t notice. Which presents us with a few problems. The soil is dry. It makes it very hard. The roots of weeds you want to pull out hold on tighter to the soil, making it harder to pull out. If the rain comes down too quickly it[…]
